ABSTRACT
Professional associations, agencies and organizational departments with in-house interpreters may publish their own respective codes of ethics. One or more of the parties involved can follow a code of ethics as a resource for action. Thus, the stances of the different parties involved in a given situation may include a code of ethics. This chapter highlights the diversity of perspectives on the ethics of interpreting. Adopting the Glaserian Grounded Theory (GT) research methodology, the larger study sought to understand the work of medical interpreters by developing a theory explaining how they try to resolve an issue of importance to them. Primary data were collected by interviewing a total of 32 interpreters. The International Association of Conference Interpreters provides an example of a concerted collaborative effort to address institutional conditions of work, as can be seen in the agreements it managed to secure with international institutions.
